The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-11
THE EXPRESS AND MAIL ROBBERY
The Preliminary Examination---Capt
Rhea's Testimony.

of the Texas & Pacific railroad train
robbery, yesterday afternoon, Deputy
Sheriff j. b. Rhea took the stand.
The engineer could not identify any
of the prisoners Mr. Ray detailed
how he took the trail of certain
hack and horses, and after following
them from Sunday eve TO Thursday
morning, he arrested John Oxford,
Ike Clark and Sam Beall, at Oxford s
house, where he found the carriage
and the tracks of the horses. Ok
ford accounted for the whereabouts
of all the parties by saying that he
could prove that they were at Il party
at or near Morgan's mill, but when
Rhea sent man to the mill to as
certain if these parties had been seen
there Saturday night or Sunday morn
ing the answer came back that there
had been party, but Oxford, Clark
andd Beal had not been there Mr..
Rhea described Il peculiar mark on
the shoe of one Of the horses which
enabled him TO better follow the trail
than could he otherwise. lie is posi-
tive that the hack that he found in
0xford's stable yard is the one that
left the point near where the robbery
was committed. Oxford admitted
that he had been out that night and
did not get in until 3 o'clock, but said
they had been at the party at Nor
gan S mill
The court adjourned, before the
witness concluded, to convene ut
$3.50 this morning.
THIS MORNING
The examination of Mr.. Riley
was resumed this morning. He said
that Green Cotney saw the hack IN
john Oxford's barn lot and identiii-
ed it as the same hack he saw Oxford
drive towards Gordon on Saturday
before the robbery. After he arrest
ed Oxford, Clark and Beal, he turned
them over to Capt, Morton, then he,
Ben Cabell and Bill Shrad, went to
Bob Suttles fathers house and in
quired if Bob had been there since
and was informed that he had not,
and this was Thursday morning
| was in the neighborhood of
Friday. Saturday
morning Ben Cabell and went to
Gordon and from there to Strawn;
went to all the stables and asked if
any hacks of the description of the
one found in Oxford's yard had been
hired out. No, was the answer. Was
at Stephensville Sunday. The OBJ
ject was to discover if any such
hack was owned by any one, and if
parties had seen such hack on Satur-
lay. Monday Ben Cabcll and my
self went to Cranberry, then to Com
lnche. Inquired at stables there; no
such hack there. Was at DR.. Icons
IN Wednesday, Feb. End, but learned
nothing of hack such us we had
, description of. From the 2nd of
february to the 9TH, Saturday we
went in every direction from Ste
)hensville, inquiring for said hack,
)ut could learn nothing except what
We knew.
John Oxford and Ike Clark had ON
roots which correspond with the
racks | saw ut the hack in the bot
ON and with tracks leading from the
iack to the place of the robbery.
Here followed Il description of the
oles of the boots and heels.) When
arrested the three men they made
10 resistance or remonstrance, but
aid all right or nothing at all. They |
lsked to go in the carriage, the same
,arriage have described and What
We trailed, and | consented.
In the cross-eXamination there was
lothing of note except perhaps, tie
that two horses had
leen pointed out TO him as belonging
o John Oxford. These two were
litched to the hack that brought the |
prisoners to Gordon. The tracks,